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SPORTS
Friday, July 27, 1984
The Michigan Daily
CBS releases
college football
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By MIKE MCGRAW
Special to the Daily
CHICAGO-CBS sports brought the
confusing 1984 college football
television situation into focus yesterday
before the Big Ten Kickoff Football
Luncheon when it announced the plan-
ned schedule of televised games for the
coming season.
Two weeks ago a coalition of the Big
Ten and Pacific Ten conferences signed
an agreement with CBS to broadcast,
the games of those two leagues. The ac-
tuality of that deal will be an exclusive
diet of the top teams in each conferen-
ce.
MICHIGAN has been penciled into
three national appearances and has a
possiblity of two other contests being
shown to a regional CBS audience.
Ohio State and Iowa will appear up to
four times each on the schedule while
three Illinois games are set for telecast.
Wisconsin and Purdue are the only
other teams that have been considered
for appearances. This assures that at
least four Big Ten schools will get left
off the new schedule.
"OUR ROLE is to bring a limited
number of major national broadcasts,"
said CBS executive vice president Neil
Pilsen. "Regional games have gone to
the local stations. This deal could
stimulate interest in college football
and the members of these conferences
will develope a national following."
According to Big Ten Commissioner
Wayne Duke, a supplemental conferen-
ce package is in the works that will sell
other Big Ten games to local stations
during the time CBS is not broadcasting
college football.
This supplemental deal is expected to
resemble the current Metro Sports Big
Ten basketball arrangement. -
THE FOOTBALL coaches assembled
for the event here expressed mixed
reaction over the announcement.
Michigan coach Bo Schembechler
warned the luncheon crowd of about
1,900 against overexposure of college
football on TV and encouraged fans to
go out and buy a ticket to watch their
favorite team play.
"Television is nice, but it doesn't pay
the bills," said the 15-year Wolverine
mentor. "Gate receipts are the savior.
We wouldn't want to be on anymore
than four times."
BUT THERE is a good chance that
the Wolverines will light up the CBS
airwaves five times in 1984.
On Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, the network
plans to decide between showing the
Michigan game or a contest involving
Wisconsin. The Badgers, however, may
volunteer not to be shown on TV in or-
der to accept the NCAA sanction im-
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Finishing touches
Liz Wilson (left) and Kathi Foley check a balloon yesterday at the Los
Angeles Coliseum during a rehearsal for tomorrow's opening ceremonies for
the XXIII Olympic Games.
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By PAUL HELGREN
Wolverines seek gold...
. .but blues await some
Predictions are, in general, worthless. Often they
are made to expose the ignorance of the predictor.
The predictions here may prove to be no different.
I'm making predictions for the University's 1984
Olympians for no other reason than they're fun to
make. If I'm right with any of them, then I will have
been lucky, I admit. If I'm wrong, that's okay, too.
Okay because predictions generate interest, and
hopefully there is a lot of interest in the success of
Michigan's 10 Olympic representatives.
As far as the accuracy of my picks, well, I know a
little bit of what's going on, but if you want real ex-
pert commentary go read Sports Illustrated's own
version of a Sears' catalogue, that ungodly 500-page
monster they call their special Olympic issue.
They've got the facts in there, I hear. My picks are
based strictly on emotion and gut instinct. Here goes
nothing.
* Carl Schueler (50 km walk): Schueler? That's not a
Mexican name, is it? Bad sign. They always win this
thing. Probably no chance for a medal.
" Chris Seufert (women's 3-meter springboard): The
Chinese have many excellent divers, I hear, and
teammate Kelly McCormick is ahot item, too. Hmm.
Let's say a bronze for Seufert. She deserves it after
missing the boycotted '80 Games.
" Ron Merriott: (3-meter springboard): Greg
Louganis is a sure gold-medal winner. But I think
Merriott will be happy with a bronze.
" Bruce Kimball (10-meter platform): SI says silver,
The Sporting News says silver. What the hell, I'll go
out on a limb. Bruce Kimball will win the gold in Los
Angeles, narrowly edging Louganis after the Califor-
nian misses one of his more difficult dives. No harm if
Kimball only gets the silver, though. At age 22 Kim-
ball is young enough to think about Seoul, the host
city for the '88 Games.
Doug Herland (men's pair rowing): Herland's the
coxswain for the American team. Will he win a.
medal? I don't know. Ask somebody on crew.
Seriously, it's a loooong shot for a bronze.
Barry Larkin (baseball): The Americans will settle
for the (gasp) silver. I'm not just saying that because
I'm mad at coach Rod Dedeaux for not starting
Larkin. The U.S. team was run ragged in its
whirlwind stampede across the country this past
month, and is bone-tired. Look for Taiwan or South
Korea to pull off the upset.
" Brian Diemer (3000-meter steeplechase):
Michigan's only track and field entry, unless you
count walking as a sport (I don't). It's really an ac-
complishment just to get in the qualifying heat in a
running event. That's probably the best Diemer can
hope for. True, he did beat America's best, Henry
Marsh, at the trials. But it was windy and the times
were screwed up. Marsh will finish ahead of Diemer
at the Games, copping a medal in the process.
Fernando Canales (100-meter freestyle): Canales is
a fantastic swimmer. He just picked the wrong event.
With Americans Rowdy Gaines and Mike Heath
claiming the first two spots, there won't be any room
for the young Puerto Rican. No medal.
" Melinda Copp (200-meter backstroke): The East
Germans won't be there but there is still too much
competition. No medal. No shame, either. I'm sure
Copp is proud to be on the Canadian team.
" Benoit Clement (4x200 freestyle): The Canadian
men will win more than their share of swimming
medals, but not in this event. Like Copp, though, it's
quite an achievement just to make the team.
That goes for all of Michigan's Olympians, really.
We're lucky to have so many athletes representing
us. Win or lose, we should be proud of them.
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